Archive - 16 December 2009

Padang Serai Member of Parliament N Gobalakrishnan was fined RM1,000 by the Sessions Court today after he pleaded guilty to criminal intimidation of a police officer during an illegal
assembly two years ago.

Coroner Siti Shakirah Mohtarudin today visited the Sentul District Police Headquarters, where R Gunasegaran was detained before he died at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital on July 16.

The probe is over the alleged millions of ringgit of shares owned by PKR vice-president Azmin Ali and his wife.

Kinabatangan parliamentarian Bung Moktar Radin today denied that he would marry actress Zizie Ezette.

According to Pakatan Rakyat chief whip Azmin Ali, several BN reps did not have confidence in the government's financial proposals.

‘I am very sad that it now involves my family. If the target is me and they want to hurt me, it's OK. Why involve my family?’

He allocated lots to well-off Umno cronies on land meant for squatters, the poor and landless in the state, alleges PKR

He brushes aside speculations that Pakatan leaders are divided over the local council elections.

'I am in Washington DC where the US President Barack Obama stays, and it is night and raining now, unlike in Rompin.'

Cabinet postpones big display after objections from deputy premier and information minister over details of concept.

The Teoh Beng Hock inquest has been postponed again for the second time as the pathologists' reports are not ready yet.

UPDATED 7PM ‘I received word that I would be sacked, so (it is) better for me to sack them first,’ says Huan Cheng Guan.

Investigations by MCMC on comments which insulted the Perak sultan found that they were posted by members of the public.

Deputy sport minister Razali Ibrahim says the national footballers playing in the SEA Games final tomorrow will appreciate the support.

The NGOs want the tabling and adoption of amendments to the Wildlife Protection Act 1972, at the next session of Parliament.

Angry residents claim that the Bank Negara subsidiary reneged on promises to build them houses, and instead sold the land for profit.

The Kelantan menteri besar gives his assurance that there will not be any reshuffle in the state executive council.

How much more up close and personal the people can bear to let Umno get?

Teluk Intan MP M Manogaran could not persuade the Dewan Rakyat speaker to allow for debate on the cap on SPM subjects.

The usually belligerent Zaini Hassan has refused to write his column this week after a flurry of police reports.

PARLIAMENT Government cannot plead ignorance and stay silent on mega-project, says DAP parliamentarian.

The court will hear an appeal against a landmark ruling which restricted the MACC's interrogation period to office hours only.

US computer giant Dell will slash 700 jobs in Malaysia as it looks to slash costs.

Who is not a racist after all?

The recent debate over the Biro Tata Negara (BTN) has cast the spotlight on the much bigger issue of racism than whether the BTN needs a revamp.

It was amusing to see senior politicians accusing each other of being racist. The words 'racist' and 'racism' that were shunned all these years have now become public focus.

Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad wants all Malaysians, especially the Malays, to learn English to keep pace with rapid development of knowledge and to avoid being re-colonised by the Western societies.

On the other hand Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is asking them to learn Mandarin because Mandarin is fast becoming the language of commerce.

What's wrong with using the national language as our tool of communication and commerce?

Some opposition parties are using certain Indian NGOs to do their work of questioning government's decisions concerning the Indian community.

The Kelantan MB claims that some in the media misconstrued his remark when they reported that he would pray for PM Najib's stomach to ‘burst'.

UPDATED 8.25PM A storm is brewing in the Kelantan royal household with Tengku Muhammad Fakhry challenging the validity of his elder brother Tengku Faris’ action in removing him from the Council of Succession.

No, this has nothing to do with Christmas and New Year festivities.

EXCLUSIVE He says the state legal advisor should have told him that it was inappropriate to appoint his son-in-law to head a GLC. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Today's mixed bag includes news of a kidnapped psychiatrist, Petronas' revenue shortfall and how we stand the risk of losing our visa free status in Britain.

PKR deputy president Dr Syed Husin Ali was sworn in today as a senator for a three-year term before Dewan Negara president Wong Foon Meng in the Dewan Negara. [VIDEO INSIDE]

When Jerusalem was conquered in 635 AD, the second caliph Omar Ibn Al-Kattab refused to pray in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for fear that his men invoke the precedent to turn the place of worship into a mosque.

A woman and her two daughters have been charged with trafficking in babies after police uncovered a baby-selling ring and rescued five infants.

Listening to the radio one day, I was shocked to hear the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) report on widespread occurrence of rape in Afghanistan.

Hindraf is deadset against BTN for portraying its chairperson as Public Enemy No 1, alleges HRP's P Uthayakumar.

Despite their daily struggles, the Penan are still a proud, dignified people who have a lot to teach self-absorbed urban dwellers.

UPDATED 3.15PM The much-criticised Goods and Services Tax Bill 2009 has been tabled for the first reading in the Dewan Rakyat.

US President Barack Obama is to transfer dozens of Guantanamo Bay detainees to a jail in rural Illinois as he battles to close the notorious facility on Cuba's southern tip, officials said.

The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved sanctions legislation aimed at forcing Iran to freeze its nuclear program by depriving the Islamic republic of gasoline.

free 'Hishammuddin knows how to complain about bloggers. But he does not lift his finger with regards to Utusan .'

free 'It's appalling that the ruling BN coalition had only 63 of its 137 members in the Parliament when a highly important bill was being debated and put to vote.'

A suicide car bombing in a busy market in central Pakistan on Tuesday killed at least 27 people, the latest in a stream of deadly attacks to hit the country, a senior official said.

Israel slammed on Tuesday a British arrest warrant for former foreign minister Tzipi Livni, warning Britain would not be able to play a key role in the peace process unless it curbed such actions.